#48BAE4#48BAE4

#48BAE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.118 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BAE4
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 228)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 18.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -18.99, -30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 35.81, 237.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0812 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.118 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2293, 42.0932, 79.7046)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BAE4 #E47248

analogous

#48E4C0 #48BAE4 #486CE4

triadic

#48BAE4 #E448BA #BAE448

tetradic

#48BAE4 #C048E4 #E47248 #6CE448

square

#48BAE4 #C048E4 #E47248 #6CE448

split-complementary

#48BAE4 #E4486C #E4C048

monochromatic

#17779B #1FA0D0 #48BAE4 #7DCEEC #B3E2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48BAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#48BAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BAE4

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BAE4	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B6E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.118 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dceec',
    500: '#48bae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bae4;
$custom-light: #8dceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74154,
    "c": 0.11752,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BAE4

secondary

#E3B6A5

accent

#6937F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BAE4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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